Luke 9:25

25 What advantage do people have if they gain the whole world for themselves yet perish or lose their lives?

Luke 9:25 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 9:25

For what is a man advantaged if he gain the whole world,
&c.] Or what profit will it be unto him? all the honours, riches, and enjoyments of it will be of no use and service to him if he himself is lost:

and lose himself;
or his own soul; for he that loses his soul, which is his better and immortal part, loses himself:

or be cast away:
finally, and eternally, or "suffer loss" of eternal happiness and glory; that is, perishes, and is destroyed with an everlasting destruction; (See Gill on Matthew 16:26).

Luke 9:25 In-Context

23 Jesus said to everyone, "All who want to come after me must say no to themselves, take up their cross daily, and follow me.

24 All who want to save their lives will lose them. But all who lose their lives because of me will save them.

25 What advantage do people have if they gain the whole world for themselves yet perish or lose their lives?

26 Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Human One will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

27 I assure you that some standing here won't die before they see God's kingdom."